ABSTRACT: Behavioral economics has become a significant perspective in the evaluation of human judgment and decision-making. In the limited research literature of cognitive biases in online health information seeking (OHIS) behavior, researchers have suggested that more empirical studies are needed in order to generalize how cognitive biases influence the OHIS behavior of health information seekers. This study examines the dynamics of online health information seekers' decision-making behavior through the lens of behavioral economics, and thus behavioral information research (BIR), and incorporates a behavioral economics approach to research OHIS behavior, by conducting online experiment on cognitive biases in OHIS. Specifically, this dissertation research project: (a) conducts a systematic review of cognitive biases and debiasing in OHIS research literature to gain an analytical overview of the area of research, (b) conducts an experimental study on the detection of selected common behavioral cognitive biases (confirmation bias and order effect specifically) and the effectiveness of the use of designed human-computer interaction (HCI) debiasing features based on the principle of cognitive system switching, and (c) conducts an online experimental study on the detection of selected social cognitive biases (authority bias and ethnic-name prejudice specifically) and the effectiveness of HCI debiasing features based on the principle of behavioral nudging with accidentally encountered word priming. The results of the systematic review show that much remains to be done in using the behavioral information research perspective to examine and possibly improve OHIS behavior in terms of the judgment of information quality. The results of the online experiments, in addition to providing significant and nonsignificant evidence for the existence of certain biases in OHIS, adds to the much-needed research replication repository for continuing validation to advance the field of behavioral information research and provides an empirical examination of nudge theory in OHIS using word priming. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed for the advancement of future behavioral information research studies.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the School of Information in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 08, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Behavioral Information Research (BIR), Cognitive Biases, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Information Seeking Behavior, Nudge Debiasing, Online Health Information Seeking (OHIS)
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Melissa Gross, Professor Directing Dissertation; Yanyun Yang, University Representative; Don Latham, Committee Member; Besiki Stvilia, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Information science
SUBJECT: Cognitive psychology
SUBJECT: Computer science
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Clark_fsu_0071E_17094.pdf
TITLE: The Chemical and Physical Dynamics of Magnetic Interactions
AUTHOR: Clark, Judith K.,
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Shatruk, Mykhailo
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Garlea, Vasile O.
MEMBER (university representative): Dobrosavljević, Vladimir
MEMBER (committee member): Latturner, Susan
MEMBER (committee member): Hu, Yan-yan
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (148 pages)
ABSTRACT: The central focus of this thesis is a study of materials with competing magnetic interactions and understanding how these interactions affect the overall magnetic behavior of solids. Understanding the fundamental factors that can be used to tune the magnetic exchange interactions provides the legwork to a "materials by design" approach that may be used to target desired magnetic properties for applications related to electronics and spintronics. Specifically, this thesis will focus on the fundamental understanding of how magnetic materials behave when one or more of the following factors is considered: chemical substitution, pressure, applied magnetic field, and temperature.Chapter 1 covers the fundamentals of magnetism and examples of magnetic behaviors that demonstrate the principles that are important to this thesis. Chapter 2 covers the experimental and theoretical methods used in this work. In Chapter 3, the behavior of solid solutions La1-xCexCo2P2, with a particular focus on the representative with x = 0.3, is analyzed. The careful analysis of La0.4Ce0.6Co2P2 is particularly important to this series, as at this composition the magnetic phase boundary between ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) behavior occurs. The loss of magnetic ordering in this compound due to a temperature driven lattice collapse and the magnetic behavior under pressure are discussed. Additionally, a specific focus on the magnetic behavior of cerium is incorporated for a deeper understanding of the role intermediate valence of Ce plays in the magnetic properties of this series. In Chapter 4, the AFM compound MnBi2Se4 is investigated by neutron scattering and magnetic measurements. The crystal structure reveals AFM chains of Mn atoms. A relative half-translation shift of the neighbor chains results in spin frustration caused by interchain magnetic exchange. Ultimately, these spin-frustrating interactions lead to helimagnetic ordering along the chain propagation direction. To further understand the nature of magnetic exchange in MnBi2Se4, Chapters 5 and 6 focus on the simple binary monocalcogenides, MnS and MnSe. Inelastic neutron scattering (INS) is used to measure the specific magnetic exchange constants in these materials. In MnS, the INS measurements combined with theoretical investigation lead to the revelation that both superexchange and direct exchange play a significant role in the overall AFM ordering. The behavior of MnSe is inherently more complex due to the structural phase transition from cubic (NaCl) to hexagonal (NiAs) phase upon cooling. The transition is incomplete due to its very slow kinetics, which have allowed, for the first time in this system, for experimental observation of the intermediate third phase involved in this transformation. The intermediate phase was investigated by temperature-dependent X-ray diffraction and pair distribution function (PDF) measurements, and supported by INS studies. In continuation of the theme of competing magnetic interactions, Chapter 7 focuses on the magnetic behavior of systems with geometric triangular arrangements of magnetic moments of 4f ions (Ln). The lack of magnetic ordering is observed for a majority of the LnZn3P3 and YbZn2Pn2 (Pn = P, As, Sb) systems down to 1.8 K. The question arises, could the lack of magnetic ordering be caused by the frustration induced by the crystal lattice? Further studies are needed to confirm whether the lack of magnetic ordering, indeed, is caused by spin frustration. X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy is utilized to address the oxidation state of Yb in YbZn2Pn2. Finally, Chapter 8 is dedicated to another potentially interesting system for which the magnetic behavior has not been thoroughly investigated. Er5S7 is unusual as a non-valence-precise structure. The crystal growth and magnetic behavior of Er5S7 are reported, revealing AFM ordering at low temperature. The challenges associated with determining the exact crystal and magnetic structures of this materials are discussed. Throughout this thesis, the relationship between the underlying crystal structure and competing magnetic interactions will be identified and discussed for each unique system. The broad scope of systems considered in this thesis has allowed identification of potentially interesting future research directions, which are outlined in the concluding Chapter 9.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 25, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): competing interactions, magnetism, neutron scattering
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Michael Shatruk, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Vasile O. Garlea, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Vladimir Dobrosavljevic, University Representative; Susan Latturner, Committee Member; Yan-Yan Hu, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Low temperatures
SUBJECT: Chemistry
SUBJECT: Condensed matter
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Clark_fsu_0071E_17095.pdf
TITLE: Impacts of a Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum on the Prereading Skills of Prekindergarten Students
AUTHOR: Clark, Tiffany,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Rutledge, Stacey A.
MEMBER (university representative): Mooney, Katherine Carmines
MEMBER (committee member): Park, Toby J.
MEMBER (committee member): Herrington, Carolyn D.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (95 pages)
ABSTRACT: Self-regulation, an increasingly focus of social-emotional learning curriculums for over twenty years according to Zimmerman (2008), provides students with the ability of "setting goals, selecting strategies, and self-monitoring their effectiveness" as opposed to waiting for others to redirect their behavior (p. 166). Prekindergarten students who have documented strengths in social-emotional learning, and particularly self-regulation, have a greater chance at demonstrating academic readiness at the kindergarten level (Ashdown & Bernard, 2015). On the contrary, if students do not strengthen these social-emotional learning skills by the age of 8, a potential of long-term academic weaknesses exists (Aksoy, 2019).Prekindergarten options such as the State of Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Program, strive to provide enriching methodologies for students at four years of age with aspirations of strong social-emotional skills and academic success in kindergarten. The most recent readiness results, from the 2018 school year, from the State of Florida indicate 58% of students demonstrated proficiency, meaning 42% of students were not ready for kindergarten during the 2019 school year (Nickerson, 2019). This result is an increase from 36% not being proficient in the 2018 school year (Postal, 2019). The purpose of this study was to better understand if an increased focus on social-emotional development at the prekindergarten level would increase a prekindergarten student's academic readiness in the form of print knowledge, phonological awareness, and oral language. In addition, the study researched the relationship between this social-emotional learning program and the number of verbal and physical aggressions for prekindergarten students. The leadership team for the school featured in this study researched several commercial programs dedicated to social-emotional learning and selected the Incredible Years Dinosaur School as the primary means for teaching social-emotional skills during the school years of 2020-2021. I conducted a descriptive study using ANOVA to compare academic reading scores of prekindergarten students at the school between the years of 2019-2020 (control group) and 2020-2021 (treatment group) using the results of the State of Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Assessment for Assessment Period 1 administered within the first 30-days of each school year and Assessment Period 3 which occurred 30-days prior to the ending of both school years. I calculated the number of incidents of verbal and physical aggression using student behavioral incident forms to provide further data regarding the outcome. An additional analysis examined the role gender and age play in the success of students in both groups for the areas of literacy. This study finds that the students who participated in the Incredible Years Dinosaur School demonstrated growth in oral language skills with a decrease in both verbal and physical aggression occurrences. In addition, further analysis of age data between the control and treatment group indicated students from the younger cohort group (those who turned five years of age from February 1st 2021-August 31st 2021) demonstrated more success with pre-reading skills than those from the older group (those who turned five years of age from September 2, 2020-January 31, 2021. On the contrary, however, the results showed that the addition of the Incredible Years Dinosaur School at the school had no effect on the students' print knowledge or phonological awareness levels. While the school found the implementation of Incredible Years Dinosaur School strengthened students' social-emotional skills as measured by student behavioral data, the prekindergarten program at Country Wide School should research and employ supplemental reading curriculums for students to develop levels of print knowledge and phonological awareness. Oral Language, however, can be increased from such social-emotional learning programs as these programs typically provide modeling and an enhanced exposure to vocabulary. Prekindergarten programs should review the information presented in this study as well as examine the data from their own facilities to gauge whether additional time allotted to social-emotional learning possibly would be of benefit.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 10, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Prekindergarten Social-Emotional Learning, Social-Emotional Learning
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Stacey Rutledge, Professor Directing Dissertation; Katherine Mooney, University Representative; Toby Park-Gaghan, Committee Member; Carolyn D. Herrington, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: School management and organization
SUBJECT: Education
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Cohen_fsu_0071N_17201.pdf
TITLE: El Retablo De Las Maravillas Cervantes' Satire of Medieval Spanish Anxieties
AUTHOR: Cohen, Briana Belle,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Howard, Keith David
MEMBER (committee member): Álvarez, Enrique, 1959-
MEMBER (committee member): Goldmark, Matthew
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (55 pages)
ABSTRACT: Scholars have been utilizing the inquisition period and the blood purity statutes put into effect in fifteenth-century Spain in order to define and outline antisemitism as we know it today, as well as disregard the notion that race has been an ever-evolving concept that did not just begin with the emergence of genetics in the 18th century. Conceptually, it seemed as though the formulation of the idea of Jewish people as a race aligned heavily with Nazi propaganda in the 1930s. Thus, medieval Spanish works, such as El Retablo de las Maravillas by Miguel de Cervantes, began to be examined through two distinct lenses: the basis for modern day antisemitism, and the foundations of racism. However, much of what is known about the society of medieval Spain today demonstrates that the concept of race was more of a social construct than a biological one. Spanish society was heavily influenced by politics, using religion as a foundation for understanding the world, and the constant anxiety that one's social status could change overnight. Cervantes' work and the societal structures of 15th century Spain must be returned to and left in their own time period. Looking at the parallels drawn between Nazi Germany's treatment of Jews and Spain's inquisition period through El Retablo de las Maravillas, in addition to analyzing the distinct meanings of the terms "raza" and "race", provides us with in depth understanding and the integral ability to distinguish the two time periods.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 4, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Cervantes, Critical Race Theory, Foucault
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Keith Howard, Professor Directing Thesis; Enrique Álvarez, Committee Member; Matthew Goldmark, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Middle Ages
SUBJECT: Europe--Study and teaching
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Cole_fsu_0071N_17079.pdf
TITLE: Evaluating the Simple View of Reading for Children with ADHD
AUTHOR: Cole, Alissa M.,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Kofler, Michael J.
MEMBER (committee member): Meyer, Alexandria
MEMBER (committee member): Wagner, Richard K.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (44 pages)
ABSTRACT: The 'simple view of reading' is an influential model of reading comprehension which asserts that children's reading comprehension performance can be explained entirely by their decoding and language comprehension skills. Children with ADHD often exhibit difficulty across all three of these reading domains, yet it is unclear whether the simple view of reading is sufficient to explain reading comprehension performance in this population. The current study was the first to use multiple indicators and latent estimates of decoding, language comprehension, and reading comprehension to examine the validity of the simple view of reading in a clinically evaluated sample of 250 children ages 8-13 (M=10.29, SD=1.47; 93 girls; 70% White/Non-Hispanic) with and without ADHD. Results of the primary structural equation model were consistent with predictions from the simple view of reading, and revealed that decoding and language comprehension explained all (R2=.99) of the variance in reading comprehension for children with and without ADHD. Further, results of the multigroup model (ADHD, Non-ADHD) indicated that there was no difference in the quantity of variance explained for children with ADHD versus children without ADHD, and that the quantity of explained variance did not differ from 100% for either group. Sensitivity analyses indicated that these effects were generally robust to control for monomethod bias, time sampling error, and nonverbal IQ. These findings confirm simple view of reading predictions that decoding and language comprehension are both necessary and sufficient for explaining children's reading comprehension skills, and extend prior work by indicating that these findings hold for both children with ADHD and clinically evaluated children without ADHD.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 24, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): ADHD, decoding, language comprehension, reading comprehension, simple view of reading
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Michael J. Kofler, Professor Directing Thesis; Alexandria Meyer, Committee Member; Richard K. Wagner, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Clinical psychology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Conti_fsu_0071E_17033.pdf
TITLE: Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances in Semiconductor Nanocrystals
AUTHOR: Conti, Carl, III
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Strouse, Geoffrey F.
MEMBER (university representative): Oates, William
MEMBER (committee member): Nienhaus, Lea
MEMBER (committee member): Stiegman, Albert E., 1953-
MEMBER (committee member): Schurko, Robert W.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (113 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the origins of free carrier density in semiconductor nanocrystals and relates these findings to the observed localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs). The first chapter introduces some of the most relevant and fundamental concepts in solid state physics, nanomaterials, plasmonics, and key analytical instrumentation used for the studies. Chapter two focuses on what is likely the most famous example of all plasmonic semiconductors, indium tin oxide (ITO) nanocrystals. ITO was one of the first semiconductors shown to exhibit a LSPR, a phenomenon previously thought to only occur in metallic systems such as gold and silver. In this chapter, the concentration of tin dopant is synthetically tuned to investigate its effect on the total number of free carriers generated and their relation to the overserved infrared LSPR. One electron chemical titrations are used to show that the Drude model is shown to be inaccurate for calculating free carrier concentrations and appropriate corrections are proposed. The third chapter examines the effect of dopant size mismatch on free carrier generation. Al3+, Ga3+, and In3+ doped ZnO nanocrystals are synthesized and shown to exhibit unique mid-infrared LSPRs that are not dependent on dopant concentration like is seen in ITO. A combination of infrared spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, and chemical titrations were used to show that better dopant/host ion size matching results in higher free carrier densities. This work is further extended in chapter four, where solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is used as an element specific probe for Al3+ and Ga3+ doped ZnO nanocrystals. Evidence of the formation of an insulating spinel phase (AB2X4) explains the lack of tunability of the LSPR with dopant concentration.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 25, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Nanocrystal, Plasmon, Semiconductor, SSNMR
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Geoffrey Strouse, Professor Directing Dissertation; William Oates, University Representative; Lea Nienhaus, Committee Member; Albert Stiegman, Committee Member; Robert Schurko, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Nanoscience
SUBJECT: Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
SUBJECT: Materials science
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Copeland_fsu_0071E_17149.pdf
TITLE: A Psycholinguistic Study of Individual Differences in Second Language Sentence Interpretation
AUTHOR: Copeland, Chary-Sy Tanya,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Leeser, Michael J.
MEMBER (university representative): Kaschak, Michael P.
MEMBER (committee member): Sunderman, Gretchen L.
MEMBER (committee member): González, Carolina
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (202 pages)
ABSTRACT: Second language acquisition has been observed to be variable in its outcome such that, unlike native speakers, all second language learners do not achieve total success. Second language acquisition is made of macro and micro processes. External and internal (e.g., age, individual differences) factors are assumed to affect language processing in theoretical models like the Competition Model and VanPatten's Model of Input Processing, particularly for language features that are marked or not available in the native or first language like object fronted or inverted word order sentences. Many studies have addressed universals of second language processing and the processing strategies used by L2 learners to interpret object-verb-subject (OVS) and subject-verb-object (SVO) sentence types. Fewer studies have investigated if and/or how individual differences like working memory and inhibitory control ability affect sentence interpretation. The goal of this study was to examine the role of these cognitively based individual differences (working memory and inhibitory control) on second language sentence interpretation for two groups of second language learners of Spanish as compared to a group of native Spanish speakers. Participants (N = 87) completed two working memory span tasks (reading and operation span), a measure of inhibitory control (the Simon task), and a sentence interpretation task. The results suggest that there is an effect for proficiency level on L2 sentence interpretation for OVS sentences; a relationship between working memory and L2 sentence interpretation for L2 intermediate learners; and a relationship between inhibitory control ability and L2 sentence interpretation for L2 intermediate and L2 advanced learners in opposite directions.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 08, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Michael J. Leeser, Professor Directing Dissertation; Michael Kaschak, University Representative; Gretchen Sunderman, Committee Member; Carolina Gonzalez, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Languages, Modern
SUBJECT: Linguistics
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Cortelletti_fsu_0071N_17216.pdf
TITLE: The Bumpersticker'd Ferrari
AUTHOR: Cortelletti, Brett,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Kirby, David, 1944-
MEMBER (committee member): Hamby, Barbara, 1952-
MEMBER (committee member): Epstein, Andrew, 1969-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (52 pages)
ABSTRACT: The following collection of poems represent the author's best attempts are writing and cultivating poems which continue the creative tradition of the "Seriously Funny" as defined in the anthology of the same name, edited by David Kirby and Barbara Hamby: "poems of artistic merit that contain elements of comedy" (xiii). While these is no narrative or thematic through-line between the poems, they are intended to tonally work together and hopefully culminate into a collection which is itself hilarious and emotionally substantive. The collection is broken down into three sections in which each has its own rough identity in terms of content and style. Each section has a title lifted from one of the poems it contains. In the first section, "The Royal Socket Wrenches," the poems all consist of one stanza. Additionally, in the spirit of writers such as Frank O'Hara, these poems are littered with pop culture references. The second section of the collection, "Notes of Stone Fruit and Oak," features poems more experimental in terms of both form and content. They seek to continue the surreal and comical tradition of James Tate. The third and final section of the collection, "Worcestershire Sauce," contains the poems which are the most personal to the life of the author, bringing in friends, family members, and other loved ones. Despite the aforementioned section breaks, it is the author's hope that the collection also works as a singular cohesive unit in which laughter and the poems' emotional substance coexist in a symbiotic relationship.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 25, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Poetry
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): David Kirby, Professor Directing Thesis; Barbara Hamby, Committee Member; Andrew Epstein, Committee Member.
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Creighton_fsu_0071N_17187.pdf
TITLE: Symphony No. 1 "World of Midnight"
AUTHOR: Creighton, Michael Andrew,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Ugay, Liliya
MEMBER (committee member): Callender, Clifton
MEMBER (committee member): Hanawalt, Michael
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (126 pages)
ABSTRACT: As is the case for most of my works, World of Midnight is first and foremost a story. It started as a story that my friends and I would tell together through playing Dungeons and Dragons. Over time, I started taking the same melodies that I was using for background music during our games and setting them as contemporary chamber works. Now, they've been even further stretched and developed into a full-length symphony that is to the best of my abilities right now as a 25-year old masters student. This symphony follows a specific narrative, but I'm reserving most of these details in the hopes that the listener will find their own inspiration and stories in the music. Instead, I will provide the foundation of what each movement sets out to achieve, share the inspiration behind my selection of texts, and highlight some particularly important details. The first movement, "In the Eternal Night…," establishes the central motives and ideas that will be important throughout the symphony. It introduces us to the titular "world of midnight" that towards the latter sections of the movement undergoes some great disaster. The following movement, "…the Dead World Lay," imagines the narrator wandering through a desolate landscape observing the final moments of sunlight being consumed by an oppressive gloom and darkness. This movement in particular explores a feeling of aimless, dissociated wandering. The third movement, "A Cimmerian Waltz," …is the only movement without chorus. It depicts the a party happening near the end of the world, during which attendees stubbornly attempt to keep dancing while ignoring the interruptions brought on by the end of days. This continues without break into the final movement, "Only Death May Free," which depicts a fierce battle against forces that would seek to do harm to the world. I was drawn the texts of Clark Ashton Smith as I began to study and learn more about Lovecraft and cosmicism, and I found his dark imagery an excellent match for this shadow-stricken setting. I chose the excerpt from Seneca to serve as the twisted, nihilistic philosophy of "Moriyah," a figure introduced in the final movement that is the embodiment of darkness. The choir also invokes a different mysterious name, "Yuna," throughout the symphony. I will leave it to the listener to decide the nature of her identity and purpose.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 11, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Liliya Ugay, Professor Directing Thesis; Clifton Calender, Committee Member; Michael Hanawalt, Committee Member.
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Crook_fsu_0071E_17162.pdf
TITLE: The Intention of Allusion in Select Contemporary Works and Programs in Liszt's Piano Sonata
AUTHOR: Crook, Benjamin,
MEMBER (professor directing treatise): Gainsford, Read
MEMBER (university representative): Kraus, Joseph Charles, 1955-
MEMBER (committee member): Kalhous, David, 1975-
MEMBER (committee member): De Cock, Stijn J. W.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (33 pages)
ABSTRACT: The following treatise is based on content from two separate lecture recitals that were presented from 2021-2022 at Florida State University. The first lecture was given on December 4th, 2021, covered the topic of the purpose of allusion in select works by Mikhail Johnson, Samuel Adams, and Adam O'Dell, and was followed by a performance of the discussed works. On March 28th, 2022, a second lecture will be presented on Liszt's Sonata in B Minor that discusses the Faustian and biblical programs associated with the piece. The first chapter discusses the possibility of humor, creativity, or homage serving as the purpose for alluding to previous composers. Johnson's Wach ya HAYDN!, Adams's Sonatas, and O'Dell's To Aram from Adam (which I had the privilege of commissioning in 2021) are analyzed, with musical elements such as melody, texture, rhythm, form, and quotation being discussed and compared to music written by the connected past composer. By examining these pieces and their associations, the author hopes to stimulate discussion and interest in these composers and their fascinating new works. The second chapter discusses two possible programs for Liszt's Piano Sonata in B Minor. Scholars such as Bertrand Ott propose that the main characters in Goethe's Faust are the inspiration behind the primary musical themes, while others, like Tibor Szász, advocate for an interpretation of Liszt's musical symbolism from a religious perspective. In comparing and contrasting these two programs, the author hopes to deepen the reader's and listener's appreciation of the work and to give pianists further considerations for interpretation.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 5, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Allusion, Faust, Liszt, Piano
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Read Gainsford, Professor Directing Treatise; Joseph Kraus, University Representative; David Kalhous, Committee Member; Stijn De Cock, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Music
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Denecke_fsu_0071E_17066.pdf
TITLE: Reexamining the Repertoire: French Women Composers of Solo Trumpet Music in the Paris Conservatory
AUTHOR: Denecke, Elijah J.,
MEMBER (professor directing treatise): Moore, Christopher, 1965-
MEMBER (university representative): Von Glahn, Denise, 1950-
MEMBER (committee member): Drew, John Robert, 1951-
MEMBER (committee member): Benavidez, Justin E.
MEMBER (committee member): League, Panayotis
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (79 pages)
ABSTRACT: Many frequently performed solo trumpet works of the past century have been written by French composers. They are played for jury performances, at recitals, and on stage with symphony orchestras to showcase the virtuosic capabilities of trumpeters worldwide. Of the most commonly performed French pieces, very few were written by women. This is not, however, because of an absence of music. A shift in European gender roles spurred by the Second Industrial Revolution and World Wars ignited a significant increase in the number of women composers and the quality of their work. Unfortunately, gendered or lack of public critical review, securing performance past an initial premiere, and balancing home and professional lives significantly impacted the likelihood that pieces by women would be programmed. As a result, most have been forgotten for decades. The purpose of this treatise is to provide a practical point of reference for musicians interested in the morceaux de concours written by women for the trumpet and cornet at the Paris Conservatory during the twentieth century, while also raising questions about why and how certain works are excluded from the standard solo repertoire.The Paris Conservatory is an exceptional institution in that its professors have been composing original works for their students to perform as contest pieces since its inception. Hundreds of works have been composed for dozens of instruments; 171 works have been written for the trumpet and cornet alone. This large repository of music has produced some works that have become standards in the trumpet repertoire, but of the fifteen pieces written by women, none of them has achieved widespread recognition in the form of recordings, publication, and performances. The barriers women faced for centuries still persist today as it remains a challenge to find recordings, scores, and biographical information about women who composed for solo trumpet. This treatise is a first step in addressing this issue.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 28, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Canon, Composers, Paris Conservatory, Repertoire, Trumpet, Women
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Christopher Moore, Professor Directing Treatise; Denise Von Glahn, University Representative; John Drew, Committee Member; Justin Benavidez, Committee Member; Panayotis League, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Music
SUBJECT: Performing arts
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Dillard_fsu_0071E_16949.pdf
TITLE: An Exploration of Current and Potential Resources to Support Florida 4-H Volunteers
AUTHOR: Dillard, Julie Pigott,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Klein, James D.
MEMBER (university representative): Adams, Jonathan L.
MEMBER (committee member): Dennen, Vanessa P., 1970-
MEMBER (committee member): Jeong, Allan C.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (104 pages)
ABSTRACT: Volunteers are critical to the success of the Florida 4-H youth development program. They broaden the scope of county programs and increase program capacity beyond what a single 4-H faculty member could provide. Because of the reliance on volunteers to deliver positive youth development programming, the overall success of the organization could depend on the level of training and support volunteers receive (Arnold et al., 2009). Volunteer development is part of the overall volunteer management system aimed at preparing volunteers for their roles and responsibilities. Those on-going activities could include orientation, supervision, relaying policies and procedures, training, support, feedback, recognition, and continual management (Kyrwood, et al., 2016; Plesak, n.d.). While investing in volunteer development is expensive and time-consuming, it yields positive impacts related to the volunteer and within the organization (Manetti et al., 2015; Malinen & Harju, 2016; Boone et al., 2013). Conversely, when organizations fail to provide effective volunteer leadership or volunteer investment, volunteer satisfaction decreases and volunteers leave resulting in organizational losses (Radhakrishna et al., 2011). Skills and competencies youth development volunteers should possess have been both researched and established in current literature. They include communication, organizational, subject matter, relational, leadership, technology, time management, facilitation, and teaching skills as well as policy and procedural knowledge and skills directly related to their volunteer roles (Culp et al., 2007; Kok et al., 2020). While there is empirical research on volunteer skills, competencies, motivations, and organizational benefits, research examining the specific resource needs of volunteers is scarce. Thus, how adults learn in the workplace holds implications for volunteer development. Activities like group participation, observing others, working through tasks, and working directly with clients as well as resources like documents, manuals, mentoring, and coaching could assist volunteers with fulfilling their roles and responsibilities (Eraut et al., 2004). In addition, job aids, check lists, videos, and resource sharing could provide further resources for supporting volunteers (Moore et al., 2019). The purpose of this research study was to explore what current resources Florida 4-H provides for its volunteers and to describe the beliefs related to volunteer support between the two stakeholder groups, Florida 4-H volunteers and Florida 4-H faculty members, and how those beliefs might differ between the two groups. Four research questions guided this study: • Research Question 1: What resources does Florida 4-H provide for its volunteers? • Research Question 2: What resources do Florida 4-H volunteers identify as helpful in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities? • Research Question 3: What resources do Florida 4-H faculty members identify as helpful for volunteers to successfully fulfill their roles and responsibilities? • Research Question 4: How do the beliefs of Florida 4-H volunteers and Florida 4-H faculty members differ as related to resources helpful in successfully fulfilling volunteer roles and responsibilities? The study consisted of an online questionnaire and follow-up interviews with both Florida 4-H volunteers and 4-H faculty members. Survey respondents included 229 volunteers and 32 faculty members. Follow-up interviews were conducted one-on-one with 10 volunteers and 10 faculty members. The results of this study indicated that volunteer resources should be delivered using a wide variety of methods that directly support volunteer work. Resources are particularly needed that support the 4-H club and youth project work. For example, both volunteers and faculty cited a need for training related to parliamentary procedures and resources like checklists and manuals to support running 4-H club meetings. In addition, study results indicated facilitating, improving, and supporting communication between 4-H volunteers and 4-H faculty and 4-H volunteers and Florida 4-H. For example, the Florida 4-H website was identified as lacking in functionality and overall organizational support to volunteers and faculty which directly affected youth and parent stakeholders. Findings from this study could help to establish a framework for resource development to support the Florida 4-H volunteer development program.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Date of Defense): February 14, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): James D. Klein, Professor Directing Dissertation; Jonathan Adams, University Representative; Vanessa Dennen, Committee Member; Allan Jeong, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Educational psychology
SUBJECT: Educational sociology
SUBJECT: Education
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Duke_fsu_0071E_17143.pdf
TITLE: A Suit of Paper Feathers: Poems
AUTHOR: Duke, Joseph Nathaniel,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Kimbrell, James, 1967-
MEMBER (university representative): Galeano, Juan Carlos, 1958-
MEMBER (committee member): Hamby, Barbara, 1952-
MEMBER (committee member): Stilling, Robert, 1977-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (87 pages)
ABSTRACT: A Suit of Paper Feathers engages landscape, gender, and time through ecopoetic lyricism and site-specificity. Families create syncopated mythologies from the psychic offal of hyperobjects. Rural voices interrogate issues of work and land-use on the fringes of empire. The poems employ a variety of imagined speakers who problematize, interrogate, and celebrate language—often simultaneously. The first section considers land use through an ecopoetic lens, drawing on lived experience in rural and remote places. In the second section, disparate speakers gaze toward consumer capitalism, environmental issues, and imperial decline. A Suit of Paper Feathers is followed by a chapbook-length poem called Theta Decay. The term "theta decay" comes from finance and refers to the rate of decline in the value of an option. In sections titled with other financial and marketing terms, the poem utilizes dislikeable narrators to argue against the complicity of language in the commodification of death. These poems seek a dynamic affinity between linguistic beings and the fragile biome we inhabit.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 4, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): ecopoetics, poetry
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): James Kimbrell, Professor Directing Dissertation; Juan Carlos Galeano, University Representative; Barbara Hamby, Committee Member; Robert Stilling, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Political science
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Edwards_fsu_0071E_17077.pdf
TITLE: Relative Growth in Word and Nonword Reading Ability as a Predictor of Reading Fluency
AUTHOR: Edwards, Ashley,
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Schatschneider, Christopher
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Compton, Donald L., 1960-
MEMBER (university representative): Catts, Hugh W. (Hugh William), 1949-
MEMBER (committee member): Steacy, Laura M., 1981-
MEMBER (committee member): Hart, Sara, (Professor of Psychology)
MEMBER (committee member): Kaschak, Michael P.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (38 pages)
ABSTRACT: Little is known about what contributes to individual differences in reading fluency after accounting for accuracy. Previous research has shown individual differences in the relative growth in word and nonword reading, specifically a pattern in which students who start lower on reading grow more in word than nonword reading ability. The purpose of the present study was to test whether this asymmetric growth contributes to individual differences in reading speed. Results showed that the relative growth in untimed word reading accuracy to untimed nonword reading accuracy from 1st to 4th grade contributed significantly to the prediction of 4th grade word reading efficiency after controlling for word reading accuracy. Specifically, those who grew more in untimed word reading accuracy than untimed nonword reading accuracy from 1st to 4th grade were slower readers compared to others with the same current accuracy levels.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 4, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): nonword reading, reading fluency, word reading
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Christopher Schatschneider, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Donald Compton, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Hugh Catts, University Representative; Laura Steacy, Committee Member; Sara Hart, Committee Member; Michael Kaschak, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Developmental psychology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Edwards_fsu_0071E_17112.pdf
TITLE: Visceral Feedback Modulation of Conditioned Avoidance Behavior
AUTHOR: Edwards, Caitlyn,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Rinaman, Linda
MEMBER (university representative): Turner, Jeannine E.
MEMBER (committee member): Williams, Diana L.
MEMBER (committee member): Keel, Pamela K., 1970-
MEMBER (committee member): Houpt, Thomas A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (188 pages)
ABSTRACT: Visceral feedback from the body plays an important role in guiding motivated behaviors. For example, sensory information from the gut during a state of negative energy balance reduces innate avoidance and anxiety-like behaviors. These visceral signals engage vagal afferents relaying these subconscious "gut feelings" to the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract (cNTS). Within the cNTS, there are two distinct metabolically responsive neuronal populations, the prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP)-positive noradrenergic A2 neurons and the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1)-positive neurons. Both the PrRP+ A2 and GLP1+ neurons are activated by innate stressors and are implicated in behavioral responses to innate threats. However, whether these neurons are activated by conditioned stressors and whether metabolic state modulates this activation and subsequent conditioned avoidance behavior is unclear. Data in chapter 2 demonstrate that re-exposure to a conditioned context previously paired with a single mild electric footshock induces cFos expression in the PrRP+ A2 neurons, but not the GLP1+ neurons, within the cNTS, and induces cFos expression in neurons within the vlBNST, a brain region that receives significant input from the PrRP+ A2 neurons. Further, overnight food deprivation reduces cFos expression in the PrRP+ A2 neurons and in the vlBNST, and reduces expression, but not acquisition, of conditioned passive avoidance behavior in male rats. These data demonstrate the recruitment of PrRP+ A2 and vlBNST neurons by a conditioned stressor and metabolic modulation of conditioned passive avoidance. In Chapter 3, we show that delivery of a ghrelin receptor antagonist prior to the retention test partially restores cFos activation in the PrRP+ A2 neurons and in the vlBNST, and restores conditioned passive avoidance behavior. These data suggest that ghrelin receptor signaling at least partially mediates food deprivation-induced suppression of conditioned passive avoidance and neural activation. Considering the parallel modulation of cFos in the PrRP+ A2 neurons/vlBNST neurons and conditioned passive avoidance, we investigated whether this circuit plays a role in the expression of conditioned passive avoidance behavior. In Chapter 4, we find that lesioning noradrenergic inputs to the vlBNST increases the expression of passive avoidance, indicating that these inputs are not necessary, but do contribute to conditioned passive avoidance behavior. Overall, the results of this dissertation suggest that visceral feedback modulates conditioned passive avoidance, and that conditioned passive avoidance is influenced by a vagal afferent-cNTSA2-vlBNST pathway.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 6, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Linda Rinaman, Professor Directing Dissertation; Jeannine Turner, University Representative; Diana Williams, Committee Member; Pamela Keel, Committee Member; Thomas A. Houpt, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Neurosciences
SUBJECT: Neurosciences
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Fairclough_fsu_0071E_17075.pdf
TITLE: Emotional/Behavioral Disorder (EBD) Teachers' Workload, School Support, and Intention to Stay or Leave: An Exploratory Case Study
AUTHOR: Fairclough, Keith A., Jr.
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Akiba, Motoko
MEMBER (university representative): Ke, Fengfeng
MEMBER (committee member): Jones, Tamara Bertrand
MEMBER (committee member): Herrington, Carolyn D.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (102 pages)
ABSTRACT: Attrition among Emotional/Behavioral Disorder (EBD) teachers in El County School District (ECSD) has been a problem. This study aimed to identify the leading causes of EBD teacher attrition within ESCD. Two research questions were researched to ascertain the causes of attrition: "How do EBD teachers describe their workload manageability in teaching EBD students?" and "What support do EBD teachers receive to manage their workload, and how does the support influence their intention to stay or leave?" An exploratory approach was taken to discover the leading causes of EBD attrition. The research design chosen for this study was a qualitative multiple case study using semi-structured interviews of seven EBD teachers and four administrators who oversee EBD units. It was discovered that workload manageability, mainly teaching and preparing for multiple grade levels, was the most significant source of stress for EBD teachers. It was also found that while administrative support was important to EBD teachers, the type/source of support was not as important as the quality and quantity of support available to manage their workloads. The findings from this study give district-level and school-based administrators a starting point to being intervening to retain their EBD teachers. It is recommended that administrators make sure EBD program built-in supports are appropriately trained to work with EBD students. They must also check in with their EBD teachers to solve problems proactively. Administrators can also ensure that EBD teachers are supported by grade-level teams, school communities, or individuals from the EBD units and have easy access to lesson plans suitable for EBD classrooms. Finally, they can improve data collection and conduct exit interviews of EBD teachers who leave their positions to see what concerns caused them to make this decision.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 22, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Attrition, EBD, Emotional/Behavioral disorder teachers, Retention, Special Education, Support
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Motoko Akiba, Professor Directing Dissertation; Fengfeng Ke, University Representative; Tamara Bertrand Jones, Committee Member; Carolyn Herrington, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Education
SUBJECT: School management and organization
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Farley_fsu_0071E_16993.pdf
TITLE: The Untold Stories: Anger and Aggression among Youth
AUTHOR: Farley, Tatjana M.,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): McWey, Lenore M.
MEMBER (university representative): Stewart, Eric Allen
MEMBER (committee member): Kimmes, Jonathan G. (Jonathan Gene)
MEMBER (committee member): Ledermann, Thomas
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Health and Human Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Human Development and Family Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (126 pages)
ABSTRACT: Difficulties with anger and aggression have been linked to serious youth outcomes with long-term effects including psychopathology and incarceration. In the United States, although the cost to incarcerate a youth varies by state, the national average is $407 per day or $148,767 per year. Youth involved in the juvenile justice system or foster care are more likely to have been exposed to one or more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) than the general population. Involvement with juvenile justice, foster care, and exposure to ACEs are associated with higher rates of mental health and behavioral struggles, including anger and aggression. Studies of anger and aggression are often focused on anger or aggression in a particular context rather than anger or aggression as concepts and are primarily focused on adults. Additionally, studies of the effects of ACEs have centered primarily on adult mental health outcomes such as depression, anxiety, conduct problems and partner aggression. As such, there are important gaps in the literature in terms of understanding conceptual distinctions between anger and aggression of youth. This bolsters the necessity of studying the concepts of anger and aggression of youth without contextual qualifiers (e.g., in the context of youth sports), from their perspective with particular attention to the role juvenile justice and foster care involvement, or exposure to ACEs may play. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to understand the essence anger and aggression from youths' perspectives and compare narratives of youth with differing levels of risk.Using social constructionism and developmental trauma frameworks as guides, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted to understand youths' experiences of anger and aggression. A phenomenological constructionist approach was used to gain an understanding of the essence of anger and aggression from youths' experiences. Additionally, demographic information was used to supplement the qualitative findings and a quantitative trauma risk measure was used to screen the level of risk for trauma and connection to the juvenile justice system or foster care youth have and make comparisons among the data. A sample of 27 youth was recruited for this study. Due to the diverse nature of youth who are involved in juvenile justice, foster care, and have experienced trauma or exposure to ACEs, this study sought to include a diverse sample of participants. Data analysis was conducted using thematic analysis. The study aimed to address the following research questions: How do youth experience anger? How do youth experience aggression? How do youth differentiate between anger and aggression? And do youth who are at-risk conceptualize or differentiate anger and aggression differently than youth who are not considered at-risk? Results indicated that most youth identified anger and aggression as separate concepts, with anger being more emotion-based and aggression being more action-based. Additionally, while there were many similarities in how youth who were not at-risk and who were "at-risk" defined and experienced anger and aggression, there were some major differences, especially in the ways aggression was understood and experienced. Understanding anger and aggression from the perspective of youth, while considering the role of involvement in juvenile justice, foster care, and exposure to ACEs in their conceptualization of these concepts, may help shape the development of appropriate assessments and treatments and address negative outcomes.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Human Development and Family Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 10, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Aggression, Anger, Trauma, Youth
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Lenore M. McWey, Professor Directing Dissertation; Eric Stewart, University Representative; Jonathan Kimmes, Committee Member; Thomas Ledermann, Committee Member.
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Feng_fsu_0071E_17158.pdf
TITLE: A Dynamic Renormalization Approach for Solving Stochastic Differential Equations
AUTHOR: Feng, Zishi,
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Musslimani, Ziad H.
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Ewald, Brian D.
MEMBER (university representative): Quaife, Bryan
MEMBER (committee member): Kercheval, Alec N.
MEMBER (committee member): Ökten, Giray
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Mathematics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (117 pages)
ABSTRACT: Iterative methods are widely used to solve algebraic equations and matrix equations. In fact, they can also be used to solve differential equations. Unlike discretization methods which generate point solutions, iterative methods generate domain solutions that are valid for the whole solution domain. In this dissertation we modify the renormalization iterative method (RIM) defined by Ablowitz and Musslimani to make it more likely to converge, and extend its application from ODEs and PDEs to SDEs, SPDEs and systems of ODEs and SDEs. We show by computing numerous prototype examples that it is a powerful tool for solving both deterministic and stochastic differential equations. We also do some convergence analysis for the method.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Mathematics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 1, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): differential equations, iteration, iterative method, partial differential equations, renormalization, stochastic differential equations
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Ziad Musslimani, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Brian Ewald, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Bryan Quaife, University Representative; Alec Kercheval, Committee Member; Giray Okten, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Applied mathematics
SUBJECT: Mathematics
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Ferguson_fsu_0071E_17013.pdf
TITLE: Understanding Risk and Resilience in Nonmonosexual Populations: Testing a New Framework
AUTHOR: Ferguson, Aidan,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Lacasse, Jeffrey R.
MEMBER (university representative): McWey, Lenore M.
MEMBER (committee member): Clark, James J.
MEMBER (committee member): Mathias, John
MEMBER (committee member): Petscher, Yaacov M
MEMBER (committee member): Killian, Michael O.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Work
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Work
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (285 pages)
ABSTRACT: Nonmonosex individuals often face higher odds of exposure to trauma and negative outcomes related to medical, mental health and social disparity. Despite growing numbers, research into exposures and risk/resilience and their impact on wellbeing and quality of life for nonmonosex persons has been lacking. This project tested a portion of a newly developed framework, the Nonmonosex Risk/Resilience Processes Framework, aimed at explicating a risk/resilience process unique to nonmonosex persons using path analysis and post hoc analyses. Results indicate poor model fit for the framework and point out a need for model respecification to be considered to attend to nuance, complexity, and the need for further conceptualization of the various relationships between risk/resilience factors, exposures, stress response, and wellbeing/quality of life described in the framework. In the future, model modification and retesting should be undertaken.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the College of Social Work in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 8, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Jeffrey Lacasse, Professor Directing Dissertation; Lenore McWey, University Representative; James Clark, Committee Member; John Mathias, Committee Member; Yaacov Petscher, Committee Member; Michael Killian, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Social service
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Forde_fsu_0071E_17031.pdf
TITLE: The Book of Alice
AUTHOR: Forde, Diamond,
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Hamby, Barbara, 1952-
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Wilson, L. Lamar, 1979-
MEMBER (university representative): Valisa, Silvia, 1971-
MEMBER (committee member): Gaines, Alisha
MEMBER (committee member): Howard, Ravi
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (119 pages)
ABSTRACT: The Book of Alice embodies the tension between a desire to re-center Black women in the narrative of creation and the Bible's history of oppression. There are several questions guiding this completion of this project: first, what tensions are created when we transpose a tool of oppression, like Christianity, over Black narratives; what happens when we focalize on the Black narratives that have been erased/whitewashed within the most canonical text in the Western tradition; finally, how might the repositioning of these voices resurrect the Bible as a relevant and revelatory text? The project as a whole is composed of three sections: Genesis, which wrestles with the origins of the main character, Alice, and the reoccurring tension between her desire for self-love and divinity; Exodus, which parallels The Great Migration alongside the narrative of Alice's eventual passing; and Revelations, which describes the speaker's journey towards self-love after the death of Alice. The project defines a difference between silence and quiet, acknowledging Kevin Quashie's (The Sovereignty of Quiet) suggestion that the quiet interior can be a source of liberation. It foregrounds matters of silence as an oppressive force in the project's explorations of the transmutable South and the Black body's external reading as "excessive." The project as a whole undergirds the development of a fat poetics through its focus on Black subjectivity, the importance of folklore, and its genre-challenging range.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 11, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Barbara Hamby, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; L. Lamar Wilson, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Silvia Valisa, University Representative; Alisha Gaines, Committee Member; Ravi Howard, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: African Americans--Study and teaching
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Fumero_fsu_0071E_16995.pdf
TITLE: Supportive Language Strategies for Preschool Dual Language Learners: Associations to Early Language Outcomes
AUTHOR: Fumero, Keisey,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Wood, Carla, (Speech-Language Pathology Professor)
MEMBER (university representative): Schatschneider, Christopher
MEMBER (committee member): Phillips, Beth M.
MEMBER (committee member): Cabell, Sonia Q.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Communication and Information
CORPORATE NAME: School of Communication Science and Disorders
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (79 pages)
ABSTRACT: In an effort to better understand the language environments of early childhood education (ECE) classrooms with varying proportions of dual language learners (DLLs), we examined the frequency in which adults use various language facilitation strategies. We further investigated the potential classroom characteristics that may predict teacher strategy use and the impact that teacher strategy use may have on DLL children's lexical and morphosyntactic skills. The study included 21 preschool classrooms and 69 children from a Latine background that spoke Spanish at home. Classroom observations were recorded at three different time points (Fall, Winter, Spring) in one school year. Interval coding was implemented as each observation was randomly divided into three 10-minute segments and coded for frequency of strategy use. A total of 14 strategies were of interest: English-General (n = 5), Spanish-General (n = 5), and DLL-Specific (n = 4) language facilitation strategies.A between-subjects one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated that the frequency in which teachers are using the strategies did not differ by strategy type; however significant interactions between teacher language status (i.e., English-speaking monolingual and Spanish- English speaking bilingual) and strategy use were found. Due to the nested structure of the data, hierarchical linear models (HLM) were examined to analyze how classroom level predictors are linked to teacher strategy use. Results indicated that the proportion of DLLs has significant positive associations with teachers' use of Spanish general language facilitation strategies and DLL-specific language learning strategies. Finally, two-level HLMs examining the association between strategy use and DLL language outcomes revealed a significant negative association between the use of Spanish general language facilitation strategies and English lexical outcomes. Further, the analyses revealed significant positive associations between English general language facilitation strategy use and DLL morphosyntactic outcomes. This study informs our understanding of adult-child interactions in ECE programs, classroom language environments for Spanish-speaking DLLs, the frequency of different language facilitation strategies, and the impact that implementation of such strategies may have on DLL children's language growth. Limitations and implications are discussed.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the School of Communication Science and Disorders in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 10, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): bilingual education, dual language learners, early childhood education, language facilitation, morphosyntax, vocabulary
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Carla Wood, Professor Directing Dissertation; Chris Schatschneider, University Representative; Beth Phillips, Committee Member; Sonia Cabell, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Early childhood education
SUBJECT: Education, Bilingual
SUBJECT: Language and languages
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Garceau_fsu_0071E_17063.pdf
TITLE: Heat and Mass Transfer during a Sudden Loss of Vacuum in a Liquid Helium Cooled Tube
AUTHOR: Garceau, Nathaniel,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Guo, Wei, (Professor of Mechanical Engineering)
MEMBER (university representative): Pamidi, Sastry V.
MEMBER (committee member): Guan, Jingjiao
MEMBER (committee member): Hellstrom, Eric
MEMBER (committee member): Ordóñez, Juan Carlos, 1973-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: FSU-FAMU College of Engineering
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Mechanical Engineering
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (114 pages)
ABSTRACT: There are many safety concerns with cryogenic systems around the world such as particle accelerators. One large concern is the sudden loss of vacuum within the particle accelerator systems. Loss of vacuum can lead to catastrophic equipment and facility damage as well as possible personnel injury. To mitigate risk and improve safety during operation of particle accelerator systems, a clear understanding of the dynamic and complex heat and mass transfer processes after a vacuum break is needed. Research in our lab focuses on the simulation of a sudden loss of vacuum in liquid helium cooled superconducting particle accelerator beam-line tubes. Loss of vacuum is simulated using an evacuated copper tube cooled in liquid helium and suddenly venting nitrogen gas from a buffer tank into the tube. Abrupt temperature rise by thermometers mounted to the tube's wall marked the location of the gas propagating front. Previous experiments and analysis in our lab using normal helium (He~I) and preliminary studies in superfluid helium (He II) observed an exponential slowing of the gas propagating front (Dhuley and Vansciver, 2016). Condensation of the nitrogen gas onto the tube walls was shown to be the reason for the exponential slowing, but the underlying analysis and explanation of the gas dynamics and condensation was limited. This dissertation describes the continuation and evolution of our lab's experiments, and improvements in the quantitative analysis to better explain the underlying physical mechanisms of the slowing down process in both He I and He II. Further systematic experimental and simulation work using different mass flow rates into the evacuated tube were conducted to determine the applicability and robustness of the model in both He I and He II. The improved understanding of the physics of a vacuum break in a liquid helium cooled tube could have practical uses by improving particle accelerator safety.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 5, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Cryogenics, Liquid Helium, Particle acclerators, Superfluid Helium, Vacuum break
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Wei Guo, Professor Directing Dissertation; Sastry Pamidi, University Representative; Jingjiao Guan, Committee Member; Eric Hellstrom, Committee Member; Juan Ordonez, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Mechanical engineering
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Garinger_fsu_0071E_16999.pdf
TITLE: Sport Psychology Educational Workshop for Junior College Athletic Directors
AUTHOR: Garinger, Lindsay Michaila,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Wolf, Svenja Anna
MEMBER (university representative): Newman, Joshua I., 1976-
MEMBER (committee member): Becker, Martin Swanbrow
MEMBER (committee member): Ormsbee, Michael J.
MEMBER (committee member): Chow, Graig Michael
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Psychology and LearningSystems
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (121 pages)
ABSTRACT: The utilization of sport psychology (SP) and mental performance consultants (MPCs) is becoming a mainstream resource among collegiate athletic programs. Junior colleges have yet to make this transition due to the many unique challenges they face. The primary gatekeepers of junior college athletic programs are the Athletic Directors (ADs), and as such they use their valuable knowledge, skills, and judgment to make hiring related decisions for their departments. Research to date has been minimal when examining junior college SP use and hiring of MPCs, but the information that is available claims that ADs are not knowledgeable enough about the field to make educated and informed decisions about use and hiring. The aim of this study was to examine how an educational workshop would impact AD's expectancy and value levels for the use of MPCs and SP services. By increasing knowledge of the field, services, and qualifications of MPCs, the hope was to improve perceptions and attitudes while reducing stigma surrounding performance services, which would translate into greater intentions to hire. A total of 713 ADs were emailed (the entire population of junior college ADs) and invited to participate, with 97 completing the pretest, workshop, and posttest. Differences in pretest and posttest expectancy and value scores increased significantly as a result of the workshop. Results from a series of paired t-tests revealed that as a result of the workshop, all four subscales on the Sport Psychology Attitudes Revised-Athletic Directors (SPAR-AD) had significant changes as well as an increase of at least .79 mean points for all of the 10 Knowledge Test questions, resulting in p < .01 for all questions. A McNemar's test was ran to determine if ADs had shifted readiness levels to use services as a result of the workshop and showed marginal improvement, but not enough to be deemed statistically significant. Significant shifts were also seen in the potential barriers ADs would see as problematic in both pretest and posttest as well as the qualifications of MPCs they would deem desirable. Additionally, ANOVA testing among demographic variables revealed that women were nearly two times more likely to hire and seek out MPCs than males, while most other demographic data did not show differentiation in the above scales. Findings from this study have implications for junior college athletic departments, ADs, athletes, teams, coaches, and researchers and MPCs hoping to gain access to this population.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 3, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): athletic director, attitude, educational workshop, expectancy value theory, junior college, sport psychology
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Svenja A. Wolf, Professor Directing Dissertation; Joshua I. Newman, University Representative; Martin Swanbrow-Becker, Committee Member; Michael J. Ormsbee, Committee Member; GraigM. Chow, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Educational psychology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Gaye_fsu_0071N_17111.pdf
TITLE: Working Memory and Math in Children with and without ADHD
AUTHOR: Gaye, Fatou,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Kofler, Michael J.
MEMBER (committee member): Lonigan, Christopher J.
MEMBER (committee member): Hart, Sara, (Professor of Psychology)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (52 pages)
ABSTRACT: Children with ADHD frequently demonstrate deficits in working memory as well as across multiple domains of math skills. Working memory is a multi-component system that includes a domain-general central executive (the 'working' component of working memory) and two domain specific storage subsystems – phonological short-term memory and visuospatial short-term memory. Extant literature indicates a strong link between neurocognitive deficits in working memory and math skills, however the extent to which each component of the working memory system may account for this relation is unclear. The current study was the first to use bifactor-(S·I-1) modeling to examine the relations between each working/short-term memory component (i.e., central executive, phonological short-term memory, and visuospatial short-term memory), ADHD symptoms, and math skills in a clinically evaluated sample of 186 children ages 8-13 (Mage=10.40, SD=1.49; 69.9% White/Non-Hispanic; 62 girls). Results of the structural equation model indicated that all three working/short-term memory components contribute significantly and approximately equally to children's math achievement (β=.29-.50, all p<.05). Exploratory bias-corrected, bootstrapped conditional effects modeling indicated that 24% of central executive's relation with math skills occurs via the ADHD inattentive symptom pathway (95% CI excludes 0.0); neither phonological nor visuospatial short-term memory were associated with ADHD symptoms (95% CIs include 0.0). Sensitivity analyses indicated that these findings were generally robust to prediction of latent vs. specific math skills and held for children with ADHD as well as clinically evaluated children without ADHD. These findings suggest that math skills in children are associated with neurocognitive vulnerabilities in working/short-term memory and to a lesser extent, inattentive ADHD symptoms.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 25, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): ADHD, math achievement, short-term memory, working memory
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Michael J. Kofler, Professor Directing Thesis; Christopher J. Lonigan, Committee Member; Sara A. Hart, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Clinical psychology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Geerlings_fsu_0071E_17015.pdf
TITLE: Sounding Resistance: The Soundscapes of Political Witchcrafting and Magical Protest in the United States, 1848–2021
AUTHOR: Geerlings, Hannah,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Eyerly, Sarah
MEMBER (university representative): Sinke, Suzanne M.
MEMBER (committee member): Von Glahn, Denise, 1950-
MEMBER (committee member): Gunderson, Frank D.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (244 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation focuses on the sounded activities and public protest rituals of political witchcrafting in the United States from 1848 through 2021. I define political witchcrafting as a practice that combines political activism with witchcraft-related practices, such as spirit communication, trancing, casting spells, and performing rituals, to create real-world social and political transformation. To craft this history of sounded political witchcrafting, I focus on three case studies: Spiritualism and the mediumship of Cora L. V. Richmond from 1848–1870, public protest rituals performed by Starhawk and the Reclaiming Collective between 1980–2002, and the political hexing rituals of Catland Books, a spiritual bookstore in Brooklyn, NY (2016–2021). The subjects of these studies are connected by their desire to improve the status of marginalized communities, their use of public political witchcrafting, and their belief in the importance of sounded practices in their public performances or rituals. One of the goals of this dissertation is to show that witchcraft has long had a presence in American society, even when it is not as evident in mainstream media or social trends, and that it has historically been a tool of political resistance and social change. It is imperative that researchers listen to and record these histories, especially now, at a time when the rights of women, particularly those of intersecting marginalized identities, are moving to the forefront of feminist and anti-patriarchal political activism. As a musicologist, I seek to render these sounded protest methods of political witchcrafting, including trance speaking, hexing, and spellcasting, as audible and important within the history of American political resistance. Singing, chanting, dancing, trancing, and spirit communication are important sounded practices within my three case studies and in political witchcrafting more broadly. For example, the Spiritualists often used singing or light conversation to enter a trance state, which allowed the medium to channel the spirits. These spirits spoke through sharp knocking sounds or the vocal cords of the medium to offer insights into the spiritual realm and discuss the importance of equality among all people. The members of Reclaiming used singing, dancing, and chanting at their public protest rituals to fight for the protection of the Earth and all of its inhabitants. The participants who performed hexes at Catland Books used chanting and screaming to heal from personal traumas and challenge the political careers of men such as former president Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. These sounded practices were important ways to share their political commentary, create community and solidarity among participants, and perform political witchcrafting activities and rituals that advocated for political and social change.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 21, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): magical activism, protest, ritual, soundscape, Spiritualism, witchcraft
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Sarah Eyerly, Professor Directing Dissertation; Suzanne Sinke, University Representative; Denise Von Glahn, Committee Member; Frank Gunderson, Committee Member.
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: George_fsu_0071E_17119.pdf
TITLE: A Firm Foundation: Examining the Influence of Black Gospel Music on Jazz Pedagogy
AUTHOR: George, Jeremy Lewis,
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Madsen, Clifford K.
MEMBER (university representative): Porter, Marcía
MEMBER (committee member): Bugaj, Kasia
MEMBER (committee member): Dunnigan, Patrick, 1957-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (198 pages)
ABSTRACT: This narrative research study attempts to investigate the stories between the participants and the researcher which highlight the influences that growing up in the Gospel music culture may have on the pedagogy of jazz music of these individuals. Furthermore, this research attempts to contextualize the many characteristics of Gospel music that are immediately transferable to jazz music, which in turn could serve as a teaching aid in the jazz idiom. Finally, another objective of this study was to actively engage collegiate jazz educators in sharing meaningful stories about their experiences growing up in an African American church and teaching jazz music.The participants in this study were ten active jazz educators who were selected under the following inclusion criteria: Each participant must (1) have attended an African American church during their lifetime for at least ten years, (2) be currently employed, recently retired from, or frequently hold residencies at a College or University where they taught or coached a large jazz ensemble (big band), jazz combo, or jazz applied lessons, (3) and must have a minimum of 10 year's experience teaching jazz music. The data collection process consisted of semi-structured interviews in which the participants were asked questions about their backgrounds, church experience, and jazz performance/pedagogy. The data collected from the semi-structured interviews were coded and thoroughly analyzed by the researcher, and the following six themes emerged. 1) Ear Training/Oral Tradition 2) Call and Response 3) Response Time 4) Communal Aspect (Mindfulness) 5) Spirituality/Communication 6) Rehearsal/Show planning. These themes were drawn from the data analysis and were labeled as musical and non-musical concepts which were influenced by their experiences with black Gospel music in the African American church. The participants use these in their daily jazz pedagogy. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 29, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Black Gospel Music, Gospel and Jazz, Influence of Black Gospel Music, Jazz Pedagogy
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Clifford Madsen, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Rodney Jordan, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Marcia Porter, University Representative; Katarzyna "Kasia" Bugaj, Committee Member; Patrick Dunnigan, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Music--Instruction and study
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Gibbs_fsu_0071N_17220.pdf
TITLE: Ancient Mining in Southwestern Sardinia: Assessing Its Organization via Analysis of Remotely Sensed Imagery
AUTHOR: Gibbs, Anna Catherine,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Leppard, Thomas P.
MEMBER (committee member): Murphy, Elizabeth A.
MEMBER (committee member): Halligan, Jessi J.
MEMBER (committee member): Yang, Xiaojun, 1965-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Anthropology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (192 pages)
ABSTRACT: Both textual and archaeological data suggest that Sardinia's ores were extensively exploited for silver, lead, iron and copper, from the Late Bronze Age to the Byzantine period (Balmuth 1992). Yet the spatial organization of this exploitation is poorly understood, especially in the region of the Sulcis Mountains. Considering the evidence for dense settlement of Sulcis from the Bronze Age through Roman periods, understanding if these resources were exploited, and if so how and to what extent, should be a priority for research (Melis 2014). However, the nature of the topography (rugged and dissected uplands) means that types of archaeological prospection reliant on pedestrian observation (i.e., fieldwalking) are not possible. Analysis of remotely sensed (RS) data has been used in other contexts to explore the spatial organization of this type of landscape exploitation (Pryce and Adams 2010; Savage et al. 2012; Sivitskis et al. 2019). This project, in the larger context of the Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project (LASS) — utilizes RS methods to remotely evaluate the existence and structure of antique mining and quarrying sites. This directly contributes to our understanding of the economic organization of Sulcis in the BA and IA and has broader methodological implications. Through the use of three varied approaches reliant on the analysis of RS imagery, an effective method for identifying likely ancient mining and mineral processing sites can be established. This project integrates a broad hydrothermal alteration land classification (iron-oxide band ratio), a target slag heap identification technique and ore deposit (mining waste) identification techniques to establish the certainty of mining activity zones. Positive identification in all three approaches indicates a high likelihood mining zone, only two, an intermediate, and one, an unlikely or random zone. The analysis outcomes indicate that the uplands of the Sulcis region are mineral rich and marked by significant alteration hotspots.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 28, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): ArcGIS, GIS, Landscape Archaeology, Mining, Remote Sensing, Sardinia
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Thomas P. Leppard, Professor Directing Thesis; Elizabeth A. Murphy, Committee Member; Jessi Halligan, Committee Member; Xiaojun Yang, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Archaeology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Gladwin_fsu_0071E_16965.pdf
TITLE: Cycling through the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Older Adults' Cycling Behaviors and Experiences in Tallahassee, Florida
AUTHOR: Gladwin, Kristin Sofie Astrid,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Duncan, Michael Douglas
MEMBER (university representative): Barrett, Anne E., 1971-
MEMBER (committee member): Brown, Jeff R.
MEMBER (committee member): Coutts, Christopher
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Urban and Regional Planning
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (165 pages)
ABSTRACT: As a low-impact activity that can cover longer distances than walking, cycling is not only good for older adult's health, but can also be a viable low-cost mode of transportation. Cycling can allow older adults to maintain mobility, which in turn is crucial for their health, wellbeing, and quality of life. In addition, cycling can improve quality of life among older adults through expansion of social networks and increased life-space areas. Research has shown an increase in cycling among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic, but points to regional heterogeneity. This study builds on previous work by exploring COVID's impact on older cyclists (65+) residing in a small, auto-centric urban area. Further, this study took a first step at exploring older adults' intent to maintain cycling habits post-pandemic. Although the majority of the survey respondents did not report any significant changes to their cycling habits, the findings suggest that in some cases new habits of cycling more often, longer distances, or for new purposes were formed. For others, the pandemic was associated with negative impacts that lead to a reduction in cycling levels or even complete cycling cessation. A survey (n = 198) demonstrated that, on average, cycling frequency decreased and average distance/trip increased among the study sample. This suggests a less pronounced impact among older adults residing in a small urban area, compared to other cohorts. However, interviews (n = 24) showed that cycling during the pandemic was associated with feelings of accomplishment, enjoyment, improved self-esteem, and increased freedom by allowing participants to get out despite social distancing requirements. Further, among respondents reporting increased cycling (n=76), most (79%) plan to maintain cycling habits post-pandemic, citing reasons such as personal health, enjoyment, and the social aspect of cycling. The findings from this study suggests that changing incentives and exposure to new experiences can lead to changed travel behavior among older adults. These findings could thus in turn support efforts promoting cycling among older adults, pointing to aspects for designing voluntary travel behavior change (VTBC) programs. Five (5) main takeaways for successful VTBC programs aimed at encouraging active transportation among older adults are presented including cycling as social opportunities; promoting flexible work hours; targeting "windows of opportunities"; establishing "try it out" cycling programs for older adults; along with the need for continued motivation and repetition.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): February 18, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): COVID-19, cycling, older adults, older cyclists, travel behavior
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Michael Duncan, Professor Directing Dissertation; Anne Barrett, University Representative; Jeffrey Brown, Committee Member; Christopher Coutts, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Transportation--Planning
SUBJECT: City planning
SUBJECT: Gerontology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Glennie_fsu_0071E_17018.pdf
TITLE: Waterlessness and Rainwater Harvesting on a Monumental Scale: Largescale Non-Domestic Water Collection, Storage, and Control at Cosa in the Roman Republican and Imperial Periods
AUTHOR: Glennie, Ann,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): De Giorgi, Andrea U.
MEMBER (university representative): Carrasco, Michael
MEMBER (committee member): Clark, Jessica Homan, 1980-
MEMBER (committee member): Pullen, Daniel J., 1954-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Classics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (325 pages)
ABSTRACT: Cosa (modern Ansedonia, Italy), a Latin colony founded in 273 BCE on a waterless, calcareous, brecciated limestone hill in Etruria, depended solely on rainwater for its survival and as such the site is provisioned with dozens of features to collect and store water. Previous scholarship notes the necessity of these rainwater harvesting features, however, no complete synthesis of them has ever been undertaken. Furthermore, although ubiquitous in the compluvium/impluvium of the Roman house, rainwater harvesting, and particularly that of non-domestic contexts, has not received emphasis in Classics or archaeology. This study therefore seeks to fill this gap by examining the mechanisms of rainwater harvesting and storage implemented to contend with the environment of Cosa during the Roman Republican and Imperial periods, alongside comparative rainwater harvesting features from the contemporary Mediterranean, in order to understand the settlement's water management scheme and how competitive euergetism associated with monumental rainwater harvesting shaped the colony's history. First, I delve into Cosa's ecology, which made the promontory waterless but the hinterland marshy, and how it dictated the Cosan settlers' acute concern for non-domestic rainwater harvesting. Then, I investigate the socio-political implications of water management, proposing that the non-domestic rainwater harvesting system of Cosa offered an arena for intense competition among local grandees who sought to gain notoriety and power through building and administrating waterworks. I demonstrate how elements of the ecological situation of Cosa effected the settlement, which suffered cyclical periods of growth and decline over its long history. These questions about the colony's approach to water management reveal historical and socio-cultural facets of the colony, such as the euergetic behavior and prestige associated with cistern construction as well as how water-related illness impacted the population.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Classics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 30, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): colony, euergetism, monumental, rainwater, Roman, water
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Andrea U. De Giorgi, Professor Directing Dissertation; Michael D. Carrasco, University Representative; Jessica H. Clark, Committee Member; Daniel J. Pullen, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Archaeology
SUBJECT: Civilization, Greco-Roman
SUBJECT: Architecture
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Goldstein_fsu_0071E_17000.pdf
TITLE: Essays in Child Welfare and Long-Run Economic Well-Being
AUTHOR: Goldstein, Ezra G.,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Kantor, Shawn Everett
MEMBER (university representative): Doel, Ronald Edmund
MEMBER (committee member): Kitchens, Carl T.
MEMBER (committee member): Rodgers, Luke P.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Economics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (171 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation is composed of three papers, all using modern applied econometric methods that try to isolate causal estimates in several important settings. Each chapter examines social and formal institutions on the well-being of children. The first chapter studies the importance of parental presence for children's adulthood labor market outcomes. Through interactions with their parents, a child develops the basic foundations for cognitive and non-cognitive skills that directly shape their adulthood economic well-being. Motivated by this critical role, a large body of research has sought to uncover the consequences of disruptions to family structure and parental inputs on a child's development. Despite its importance, we know relatively little about the consequences of the most severe form of parental absence: the death of a parent. Empirical evidence of the long-run causal effects of parental death has been limited since it requires sufficient longitudinal data and plausibly exogenous variation in parental mortality. To overcome these challenges in the literature, I make use of a rich dataset of over 180,000 historical mining accidents and link individual accident victims to the full-count U.S. Census. Doing so allows me to follow the sons of mining accident victims through to adulthood and study the causal effects of parental death on economic well-being. To identify the causal impact of parental death, I compare the adulthood outcomes of children of fatal mining accident victims to children whose parents suffered a serious but non-fatal mining accident. I find that, compared to children of non-fatal mining accident victims, bereaved children experienced nearly four percent lower wage income during adulthood. Further analyses reveal the most severe effects stem from those that lost their parent at an early age. Specifically, adults who were younger than primary school age when they lost their fathers had roughly 15 percent lower wages. Exploring potential channels, I show that most of the estimated earnings penalty can be attributed to differences in employment along both the intensive and extensive margins and is not due to differences in human capital accumulation. Bereaved sons were more likely to be out of work, report unemployment assistance, and work fewer weeks. Together, these employment channels can account for more than 60 percent of the estimated loss of adulthood income. The second chapter of this dissertation, coauthored with E. Jason Baron (a classmate at Florida State University) and Joseph P. Ryan (Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan), examines the sources of over-representation of Black children in foster care systems and the causal effects of one popular reform that seeks to reduce this over-representation. The program, known as "blind removals," conceals demographic characteristics of children at-risk for foster care placement from child welfare professionals weighing whether or not to remove the child from their home. We present the first quantitative analysis of blind removals by examining a comprehensive administrative dataset of the universe of child maltreatment investigations in Michigan and presents two main findings. First, the over-representation of Black children in foster care systems is almost entirely driven by Black children being twice as likely to be investigated for child maltreatment as White children. Conditional on initial rates of investigation, White and Black children are placed in foster care at similar rates. Second, the study finds no evidence that blind removals impacted the already small racial disparities in the removal decision, but the program substantially increased the time to removal. The final chapter of this dissertation, coauthored with two classmates from Florida State University (E. Jason Baron and Cullen T. Wallace), highlights the link between educators and child maltreatment reporting. Roughly four in ten children experience child maltreatment by the time they reach adulthood. Importantly, teachers, guidance counselors, school psychologists, and other school workers are mandated reporters of suspected child maltreatment, and education personnel are the primary reporting source of suspected child maltreatment. To combat the spread of COVID-19, most K-12 public schools in the U.S. canceled in-person classes. While several studies have highlighted the costly effects of COVID-19 learning losses, time away from school could also negatively impact children through a much less explored channel: a broken link between reporters and victims of child maltreatment. The study uses county-level data from Florida to estimate a counterfactual distribution of child maltreatment allegations for March and April 2020, the first two months in which Florida schools closed. While one would expect the financial, mental, and physical stress due to COVID to result in more child maltreatment cases, we find that the actual number of reported allegations was 15,000 lower (27 percent) than expected for these two months in Florida (and roughly 212,500 nationwide.) The results yield important implications: while school closures may be effective at halting the spread of COVID-19, policymakers should consider the under-reporting of child maltreatment when evaluating the cost-benefit analyses of keeping schools closed.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Economics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 9, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Shawn Kantor, Professor Directing Dissertation; Ronald Doel, University Representative; Carl Kitchens, Committee Member; Luke Rodgers, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Economics
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Graham_fsu_0071E_16944.pdf
TITLE: Establishing Constraints on Carbon Dioxide Fluxes and Transport in a Changing Arctic Ocean Climate System
AUTHOR: Graham, Kelly A.,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Holmes, Christopher D.
MEMBER (university representative): Elsner, James B.
MEMBER (committee member): Bourassa, Mark Allan
MEMBER (committee member): Misra, Vasubandhu, 1970-
MEMBER (committee member): Spencer, Robert G. M.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (115 pages)
ABSTRACT: Quantifying Earth's carbon budget remains an imperative task in the carbon cycle science community. Among its challenges, assessing carbon fluxes over the Arctic Ocean remains an arduous task, due to its remoteness and difficulty to observe. While the global oceans take up carbon in the net, the Arctic Ocean has been found to be regionally variable in both flux sign and magnitude. Coupled with a warming climate and declining sea ice, future projections of the Arctic carbon budget are highly uncertain. As the Arctic climate rapidly warms, there is a critical need for understanding its observed changes and variability, but a lack of long-term observations has historically hindered progress. This work analyzes measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) mixing ratios from an 8-year dataset of measurements obtained over Arctic sea ice (the O-Buoy Network; 2009–2016). These observations, along with measurements from coastal observatories, were analyzed and interpreted with an atmospheric chemical transport model. This model reproduced the observed features of the seasonal cycle and shows that terrestrial biosphere fluxes and synoptic transport explain most CO2 variability over the surface of the Arctic Ocean. Interannually, the coastal observations were more comparable in overall CO2 growth than concurrent measurements over sea ice. Evidence indicating the presence of ocean gas exchange in and around sea ice during periods where this growth discrepancy occurs is discussed. In addition, a Lagrangian trajectory model and airmass contact tracers were used to gain insight into upwind source and sink regions of CO2 residuals over Utqiagvik, Alaska, and O-Buoys within the Beaufort Gyre during distinct periods based on the mean seasonal cycle of CO2. It was found that the terrestrial Arctic-boreal zone did not provide the carbon emissions expected for the large CO2 residual events. Finally, the O-Buoy observations are assimilated into an atmospheric inversion, along with additional datasets of satellite and surface observations. The inversions demonstrated the value of incorporating O-Buoy observations, which helped to constrain scaling factors for ocean and land fluxes over the northern high latitudes. Overall, this work highlights the importance of obtaining continuous observations over the Arctic and Arctic Ocean during this era of rapid biogeochemical change.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): February 15, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): air-sea fluxes, Arctic Ocean, atmospheric carbon dioxide, atmospheric transport, carbon cycle, numerical modeling
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Christopher D. Holmes, Professor Directing Dissertation; James Elsner, University Representative; Mark A. Bourassa, Committee Member; Vasubandhu Misra, Committee Member; Robert Spencer, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Atmospheric sciences
SUBJECT: Biogeochemistry
SUBJECT: Atmospheric chemistry
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Green_fsu_0071E_16955.pdf
TITLE: The Retention of Beginning Teachers in Title I Secondary Schools and the Role of Efficacy and Teacher Induction Support
AUTHOR: Green, Megan E.,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons
MEMBER (university representative): Mooney, Katherine Carmines
MEMBER (committee member): Akiba, Motoko
MEMBER (committee member): Rutledge, Stacey A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (72 pages)
ABSTRACT: A large amount of research has been conducted in the area of teacher retention as it relates to the impact teachers have on student achievement and closing the achievement gap. Retaining highly effective teachers each year helps ensure students are provided with high quality and rigorous instruction. Teacher retention is imperative in areas of high poverty, where schools experience the greatest amount of teacher shortages each year (Reitman & Karge, 2019). This sequential mixed methods study investigates the role that teacher support plays in the retention of beginning teachers in secondary Title I schools and examines the relationship between the support the teacher receives and the likelihood they will return to teaching. The study found that teachers who receive support from a mentor throughout the year were most likely to plan to return teaching in the following year. Teachers without a consistent mentor were more likely to not return to teaching or be unsure of returning to teaching in the following year. While the school district facilitates the identification of the mentors during the teacher induction program, it is the responsibility of the teacher and mentor to actively participate in the relationship. The findings of this study will be shared with the school district to support future implementation of beginning teacher support and mentor teachers.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Date of Defense): February 9, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Efficacy, New Teacher, Retention, Support, Teacher, Title I
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Stephanie Zuilkowski, Professor Directing Dissertation; Katherine Mooney, University Representative; Motoko Akiba, Committee Member; Stacey Rutledge, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Educational leadership
SUBJECT: School management and organization
SUBJECT: Education
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Griffin_fsu_0071E_16983.pdf
TITLE: Exploring the Factors That Influence Dual Enrollment Participation of Black High School Students in Bladen County, NC: A Qualitative Case Study
AUTHOR: Griffin, Cierra,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Iatarola, Patrice
MEMBER (university representative): Jakubowski, Elizabeth M.
MEMBER (committee member): Guthrie, Kathy L.
MEMBER (committee member): Schwartz, Robert A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (105 pages)
ABSTRACT: The Career and College Promise Program, North Carolina's dual enrollment program, was designed to allow all eligible high school students a chance to participate in college courses prior to high school graduation. Although many high school students take advantage of this opportunity, eligible Black high school students in Bladen County do not participate in the college transfer pathways portion of the program at the same rates as their White classmates. This study aimed to explore the factors that contribute to eligible Black high school students decision to enroll in the dual enrollment program. As this was a qualitative case study, geographically bounded, students were purposely selected based on several prerequisites to include: race, high school grade point average, and college plans after high school. Participants agreed to participate in face-to-face or virtual interviews, using Zoom, where a semi-structured interview was conducted in one hour or less. This study found that participants of the dual enrollment program had support from parents, siblings, and friends who were college educated or knowledgeable of the program. This study also found that participants who did not participate in the program lacked the support and guidance of parents and friends who were knowledgeable about the program. One of the main findings amongst participants who were not enrolled in the dual enrollment program is that they did not understand the purpose of the college transfer program and how it might benefit them and their future goals. Additionally, this study found that non-participants were not aware of their eligibility. This study found that high school students are more likely to participate in a dual enrollment program when there is a targeted effort to educate and recruit them. High school students are more likely to listen to their peers than to college officials who they have not built a relationship with. Additionally, a student is more likely to enroll in the Career and College Promise Program when they have a parent who is actively engaged in their academic plans. Several recommendations surfaced from this study to include hosting an assembly for all eligible students at each high school in the county, hosting an information session for school officials in order to educate and dispel any myths or rumors, and advertising within the local community in order to gain support from the community.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 10, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): black high school students, career and college promise program, college enrollment decisions, dual enrollment, dual enrollment participation, high school students
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Patrice Iatarola, Professor Directing Dissertation; Elizabeth Jakubowski, University Representative; Kathy Guthrie, Committee Member; Robert Schwartz, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: African Americans--Study and teaching
SUBJECT: Education, Higher
SUBJECT: Education
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hamilton_fsu_0071N_17048.pdf
TITLE: Species-Habitat Relationships and Multi-Source Feeding in Apalachicola Bay Fishes: Implications for Management
AUTHOR: Hamilton, Blake Richard,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Grubbs, R. Dean
MEMBER (committee member): Miller, Thomas E., (Professor of Biological Science)
MEMBER (committee member): Travis, Joseph, 1953-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Biological Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (66 pages)
ABSTRACT: Coastal areas serve as vital habitat for many marine fishes. Estuaries are a type of coastal system in which freshwater input often drives broad gradients of environmental variables while transporting fluvial nutrient subsidies to marine systems. Increased nutrient levels contribute significantly to estuarine productivity, while wide ranges of abiotic conditions provide a diverse collection of environmental niches on both spatial and temporal scales. We aimed to understand the influence of environmental variables on the distribution and abundance of fishes as well as the contribution of various nutrient sources to fish biomass, both of which are necessary information for devising appropriate management strategies for commercially and recreationally exploited species in coastal systems. We documented large fish community structure in the Apalachicola Bay system (ABS) from 2018 to 2021 using fishery-independent longline and gillnet surveys. Spatiotemporal variation in fish assemblages was evaluated with permutational multivariate ANOVA, while community- and species-level habitat relationships were described across gradients of environmental variables with non-metric multidimensional scaling and generalized additive models. With samples collected from these surveys, we used carbon (δ 13C) and sulfur (δ 34S) stable isotope mixing models to identify the contribution of prey sources in a fluvial-dominated estuarine habitat relative to nearby seagrass and offshore reef habitats to five species of migratory shark. Fish communities varied spatially throughout the system, and changes in these communities were most strongly correlated with gradients in salinity, clarity, and depth. Sharks exhibited a strong reliance on prey from fluvial-dominated habitat with the youngest individuals displaying the highest reliance relative to larger individuals. We documented higher species richness and density of young elasmobranchs in our surveys compared to adjacent systems, supporting past suggestions that this area serves as important juvenile shark habitat. These findings illustrate the importance of a fluvial-dominated estuarine system to migratory marine predators in providing both habitat and important nutrient sources, especially in early life-stages. Changes to river-flow regimes could disrupt both the availability of diverse niches along a gradient of river-influence and the transport of fluvial nutrients to coastal marine systems, ultimately impacting migratory predator populations and their role in transporting these nutrients across the seascape.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Biological Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 1, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): elasmobranch, fisheries ecology, habitat modeling, mixing models, ontogenetic shifts, stable isotopes
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Ralph D. Grubbs, Professor Directing Thesis; Thomas Miller, Committee Member; Joe Travis, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Ecology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Han_fsu_0071E_17128.pdf
TITLE: Building a Community of Practice of Research Data Curators: a Qualitative Study
AUTHOR: Han, Na-eun,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Stvilia, Besiki
MEMBER (university representative): Bass, Hank W.
MEMBER (committee member): Kazmer, Michelle M.
MEMBER (committee member): He, Zhe
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Communication and Information
CORPORATE NAME: School of Information
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (137 pages)
ABSTRACT: Community of practice (CoP) of research data curators is a relationship group of data curators with shared values that comes together to network and share their knowledge and ideas. By joining the CoP of research data curators, members can get learning opportunities, have a chance to meet various experts, and can build professional networks. This study examined the activities of CoP of research data curators, including their community building and maintenance activities, by using activity theory as its main theoretical framework. The study used an embedded multiple-case study design for exploring the activities of three CoP of research data curators, including their community building and maintenance activities. The case study design used document analysis and semi-structured interviews to collect data. We conducted 15 individual interviews and 3 group interviews with 23 participants in total. We used thematic content analysis to analyze the collected data. The study found that for building a CoP, it was necessary to recruit members and make an initial investment. In addition, to maintain the CoP continuously, establishing a financial sustainability model was needed and membership must be managed. Membership was largely divided into institutional membership and individual membership, and the motives for members to join and contribute to the CoP vary from extrinsic to intrinsic motivations. Besides the community building and maintenance activities, other activities were performed in the CoP of research data curators, which could be largely divided into curation activities, education activities, and communication activities. We also identified three roles played by members in those activities: PI/chair(s), curators, and coordinator(s)/assistant director. Moreover, the study's findings include the tools used and skills needed in the CoP activities. Finally, we identified and categorized challenges and success indicators for CoP of research data curators as perceived by participants. In particular, we identified three types of challenges or contradictions the communities faced and 13 perceived indicators of success. This study informs the practice of research data curation by providing a knowledge base for building and maintaining a CoP of research data curators. Also, the study expands the theoretical base for studying CoP by providing an activity theoretic examination of CoP of research data curators. The future research will extend this study by examining additional cases of CoP with diverse regional compositions, and well as by investigating interactions and knowledge sharing among the CoP of research data curators and scholarly societies and research communities.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the School of Information in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 29, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Community of practice, Data curator, Digital curation, Research data curation
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Besiki Stvilia, Professor Directing Dissertation; Hank W. Bass, University Representative; Michelle Kazmer, Committee Member; Zhe He, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Information science
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hansen_fsu_0071E_17084.pdf
TITLE: The Deaner
AUTHOR: Hansen, Paul,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Winegardner, Mark, 1961-
MEMBER (university representative): Joiner, Thomas, Jr.
MEMBER (committee member): Horack, Skip
MEMBER (committee member): Butler, Robert Olen
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (206 pages)
ABSTRACT: The Deaner is the story of Dean Hauser, a metalhead who becomes a cult celebrity after starring in a mockumentary based on an amped-up version of himself—The Deaner. After two years of fame he's at wits end, spiraling out of control. On the verge of self-destruction, he disappears, off to reinvent himself as the polar opposite of what he was. When the novel opens, he's five years out of the spotlight, now a golf junky and closet alcoholic in the Florida Panhandle, where he hustles matches alongside an ex-All American named Deeda. The money is good. Times are nice. Then Deeda's husband dies in a freak accident and in a haze of grief, she and Dean get hustled for a sum they can't repay. The second half follows them as they travel to Nebraska in order to convince the director and co-star of The Deaner that it's time to make a sequel. Vandy, the director, had a successful run shooting high-budget commercials, but a medical malpractice suit against her husband has recently uprooted everything. Rudd, the co-star—an elite athlete who had a promising college football career derailed by James Joyce—ultimately confides in Dean that he's been diagnosed with terminal cancer. It is his dying wish that they pour everything they've got into the performance. As Dean goes further into character, what's real and what's fiction becomes increasingly blurred.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 29, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Mark Winegardner, Professor Directing Dissertation; Thomas Joiner, University Representative; Skip Horack, Committee Member; Robert Olen Butler, Committee Member.
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Harry_fsu_0071E_17030.pdf
TITLE: From Dogmatics to Liberal Theology and Religionswissenschaft: Ernst Troeltsch between Historicism and the Metaphysics of Value
AUTHOR: Harry, Richard E.,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Kelsay, John, 1953-
MEMBER (university representative): Williamson, George S.
MEMBER (committee member): Kavka, Martin
MEMBER (committee member): Kalbian, Aline H., 1954-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Religion
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (440 pages)